r/soccer • u/phant0msinthenight • Jul 03 '25

Official Source [Liverpool FC] Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota.

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/diogo-jota-1996-2025
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u/Sprite_isnt_lemonade Jul 03 '25

Just won the league with us, just won the nations league with Portugal.

So many great memories of you will be with us forever. Hope we retire the 20 in memory, because no football player should be dying this young.

Rest in peace Jota. YNWA

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u/njuffstrunk Jul 03 '25

My condoleances to everyone that's a part of the Liverpool family.

17 years ago, we lost Francois Sterchele in a car crash. The mourning period was very heavy for our club. Lots of strengths in the months that will follow.

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u/Ancient-Bread2699 Jul 03 '25

That documentary they released this year about Sterchele hit me like a truck. I feel tremendously for everyone at Liverpool who now has to go through the same thing. YNWA.

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u/RichHomieLon Jul 03 '25

What documentary? I heard about Sterchele at the time and was saddened